Must say that during the work in progress on this magazine one article is requested to be published in another printed magazine and this is excellent news for us and proof that we are on good direction. It is pleasure to hear from professional in the field of aviation publishing that we make excellent magazine.
From images here I noted that it was of clinker construction (normal way to build ships) and it look like it have two types of access door to the stove:
Nico info mate One old and effective method used by manufactured was cooking wax with oil of turpentine and then hot brushed over surface. In the joint was used thin rope which is deep into that solution or something similar and push inside with small hammers. But it is possible in the rush that no protection was used, they are simply delivered for fast actions. Design is very nice for that time.
This is so good choice mate Hope you will have time to keep this progress build, this is so interesting. Thanks to the cottage industry many interesting subject could be find. One question- what kind of protection was used in that time for wood? I think wood used on water.
Problem with super glue is that it is harden then plastic around so there could be some problem in sanding. Hope you will complete this in smooth finish
You will not wait much, magazine is completed, it have 131 page and just to make some check out for possible errors and this will be out in following 48 hours